DIARY -Political and General News Events from May 30

For other diaries, please see:

U.S. Federal Reserve FED/DIARY

Polling unit diary POLL/DIARY

Today in Washington WASH/DIARY

Top economic events M/DIARY

----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, MAY 30 ** SANTIAGO - Chile President Michelle Bachelet meets with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at the government house in Santiago.

** ROME – Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet at noon in Rome's Villa Madama.

** SOPOT, Poland - Visegrad Group foreign ministers meet with their Nordic and Baltic counterparts in Sopot.

** MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin meet with Saudi Arabia Deputy Crown Prince, Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Moscow. ** WASHINGTON - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit United States (to May 31). BERLIN – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Germany and meet with German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Final Day). OSLO - Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg will host a meeting of her colleagues from Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland in Bergen (Final Day). VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern will hold a news conference with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. JAKARTA - Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn will visit Indonesia and meet Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. HANOI - Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to visit Vietnam (to June 1). MADRID - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Spain and meet Spanish President Mariano Rajoy.(to May 31). TBILISI - Polish President Andrzej Duda to visit Georgia - 1400 GMT. BERLIN/ BRUSSELS - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit Germany and Belgium (to June 2). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 ** MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba. ** WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the White House.

CAIRO - Sudan Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour to visit Egypt. WASHINGTON - Organization of American States (OAS) Foreign Ministers gather in Washington D.C. for a meeting on Venezuela - 1800 GMT. GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day. - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 1 ** BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. KATHMANDU - 15th death anniversary of Nepal King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and eight other members of the royal family assassinated by Crown Prince in royal family massacre. MOSCOW - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia and participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum & Annual Summit (to June 2). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 2 ** SINGAPORE - Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is officially visiting Singapore.

SOFIA - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis to visit Bulgaria. PARIS - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron (to June 3). ROME – 156th Anniversary of the unification of Italy. DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Michel Servoz, the European Commission's Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, speak at event on Irish, EU economies – 1130 GMT. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 3 KRANJ, Slovenia - German President Frank Walter Steinmeier attends a regional summit hosted by Slovenian President Borut Pahor. LESOTHO - Lesotho national assembly election. - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 4 TOKYO - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit Japan (to June 8). OTTAWA – Chile President Michelle Bachelet to visit Canada (to June 6). CHILE – 6th anniversary of Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption that caused air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia. HONG KONG - Tens of thousands attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 5 GLOBAL - World Environment Day. GUATEMALA CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto visits Guatemala to meet Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales (to June 6). TOKYO - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the "Future of Asia" conference - 1230 GMT. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 6 KALININGRAD, Russia – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak in Kaliningrad. SEOUL - South Korea marks the 62nd anniversary of Memorial Day. PARIS - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Forum 2017(to June 7). TOKYO - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to deliver speech at symposium on future of Asia in Tokyo. LONDON - Spain King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on a State visit to meet Queen Elizabeth in United Kingdom (to June 08). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 SYDNEY - Sydney Film Festival 2016 (to June 18) PARIS - OECD annual Ministerial Council Meeting starts in Paris (to June 8). ASTANA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kazakhstan and participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (to June 9). - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 8 LANGENBURG, Germany - Prince of Wales Charles Philip Arthur George and former UN Secretary General Kofi Atta Annan to speak at Langenburg Forum - 2200 GMT (to June 9). UNITED KINGDOM – UK general election. - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 10 ROME - Pope Francis will visit Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Mattarella's office in the Quirinale palace in Rome. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 11 FRANCE - National assembly election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 12 GLOBAL - World Day against Child Labour ILO. AMSTERDAM – 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (to June 15). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 GLOBAL - World Blood Donor Day. GAZA - 10th anniversary of Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip from Fatah. GLOBAL - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). FRANKFURT - IMF Chief Christine Lagarde and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann to speak at a conference. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 15 ** COPENHAGEN – Japan Crown Prince Naruhito will visit Denmark (to June 21). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JUNE 16 BRUSSELS - European Union Finance Ministers will meet in Brussels. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 17 GLOBAL - United Nation's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. SHANGHAI, China - Shanghai International Film Festival 2017 (to June 26). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 18 ** LUSAKA - Rwanda President Paul Kagame will visit Zambia (to June 19). ALBANIA - Parliament election. - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JUNE 20 GLOBAL - World Refugee Day. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, JUNE 24 BERLIN - 69th anniversary of beginning of The Berlin Blockade. Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the United States to organise a massive airlift. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - National parliament election. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JUNE 25 LOS ANGELES - 8th death anniversary of pop star Michael Jackson. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, JUNE 26 GLOBAL - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. MONGOLIA – President election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, JUNE 29 PYEONGTAEK - South Korea observes the 15th anniversary of an inter-Korean sea clash. BEJING/TAIPEI - 7th Anniversary of signing of a landmark trade deal between China and Taiwan. - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 2 SENEGAL - Senegalese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, JULY 4 MOSCOW - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Russia. - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 JERUSALEM – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Israel (to July 6). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, JULY 7 BERLIN – Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have agreed to hold a one-on-one meeting during the G20 summit in Germany (to July 8). - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, JULY 9 KIEV - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the alliance's ambassadors in Brussels will visit Ukraine (to July 10). - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY JULY 29 GABONESE REPUBLIC - Gabonese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)